Hi all, I am adding a last touch of "makeup" to my DU1A, who will play its first role as an "actor" onstage, mid August. Some of you might remember my mails and questions a few months ago about moving a DU1A on tour. All is going well, but I have a very strange problem : The piano should look very old. The black ebony finish could make it, even without modifications : it's classy... A bit too shiny though. But the problem is the color of the keys : they look so white, so plastic, so brand new. That won't be coherent with the feel we're looking for. I know that some of you had to deal with strange substances trown or spilled on keys (nail varnish, paint, you named it). Does anyone have an idea of a coloring substance the set designer could use, and of course possibly remove without harm, to solve that problem ? (The piano actually should not look like a very old man with a brand new denture... ;-)) The piano will have to wear its makeup for a couple of years. And hopefully get back to near its original state after that. (And the players and the flies won't like sticky keys!) Tricky-Silly problem, isnt'it ? Jean Debefve Theātre de Galafronie Belgium.
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